A Salvaging Strategy Enables Stable Metabolite Provisioning among Free-Living Bacteria

ABSTRACT All organisms rely on complex metabolites such as amino acids, nucleotides, and cofactors for essential metabolic processes. Some microbes synthesize these fundamental ingredients of life de novo, while others rely on uptake to fulfill their metabolic needs. Although certain metabolic proce...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Gude, Gordon J. Pherribo, Michiko E. Taga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00288-22